The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
12:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.76° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.97° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.